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Archetypes In Shrek

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Archetypes are institutionalized patterns that recur in art across all cultures and all times. The question may be where do you come across these ideas? A good way of showing these ideas are through all types of tv shows, movie and books. You can determine what the director is trying to get across through these patterns. The movie Shrek does a good job at showing the three main archetypes romance, comedy and satire.
The first archetype shown in the movie was romance archetype. In the movie the hero is usually the main character so in this case it would be Shrek. Shrek is innocent and inexperienced with the world. He doesn’t go out and venture because he feels that the world rejects him. You know that because of when he says “Look, I’m not

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